GNOSTICS

apostates: w82 4/1 18

beliefs: w85 7/15 11; g85 12/8 18; w83 9/15 11-12; g66 11/22 27-28; w60 477; g57 2/22 25

comparison with Ophite sects: g68 1/22 19-20

influence in second and third centuries: w62 380; w34 189

writings claiming inspiration: g85 12/8 16-18

Quotations

[Gnostic writings] could have no appeal to the ordinary person who looked to religion for help with life problems: g85 12/8 18

the Jesus of the Gnostics is incoherent, unintelligible, creepy: g85 12/8 18